Iowa Dental Association v. Iowa Insurance Division and Iowa Insurance Commissioner

MANSFIELD, Justice.

This case asks us to decide whether to uphold the Iowa Insurance Commissioner’s interpretation of a recently enacted law governing dental insurance plans. See Iowa Code § 514C.3B (2011). Under the Commissioner’s interpretation of that law, an insurer may limit the maximum fees charged by dentists for services that are generally included in the insurer’s dental plan, even though they are not actually reimbursed by the insurer because of a plan restriction.

On our review, we find that interpretation of the term at issue has not been clearly vested by a provision of law in the…